Sunday, August 5, 2012

2011-2012 Austria Bundesliga Season Review

SV (Red Bull) Salzburg won the 2011-2012 Austrian 1.Bundesliga it was their 7th league title overall and 4th since 2007. The Red Bull club was led by Stefan Maierhofer and Jacob Jantscher who each scored 14 goals. Jantscher a 23-year-old midfielder is now regarded as one of the top prospects in the Austrian Bundesliga along with Mattersburg Patrick Burger and Rapid Wien Christopher Drazan. Rapid Wien finished second 6 points behind Salzburg and were again led by German Steffen Hofmann who has dominated the league statistically over the last 10 years. Kapfenberger SV finished last with only 5 wins in 36 games and were relegated to be replaced next season by Wolfsberger AC.